mechanic’s shrine
Added 2020-11-01 20:46:54 +0000 UTC
Family culture believes that peoples’ life force comes from emotional connections and relationships. Relationships to your peers are important, but also to your Family’s history. Spiritual health means good relationships, and a healthy reverence for your Family’s gods-- who were probably founders, notable craftslizards, or other historical figures. The Heartland Peninsula is the land of a thousand gods-- which is an understatement, really. Each Family has their own pantheon, informed by their ancestry and local History.
Shrines are scattered throughout a Family compound, in locations associated with their patron god. You worship a founding figure in the administrative offices, there's a big banner to a famous cook in the canteen, there's a small statue to a notable horticulturist in the greenhouse, and the shrine to the patron mechanic is deep in the basement, in the guts of this compound...